Yeah, I couldn't watch them sticking the needle in me either.

Doesn't like needles? lol. I had to get blood drawn on Tuesday and another needle stuck in my arm today for a test. Not fun.

Touché

If these are supposed to be facts, why is there a question mark after every one of them?

For you, it's always next year

It's like the old saying "Don't judge a book by its cover". "Pick-up Artist" and "Game" make people think negatively because of what those terms are stereotyped to be. If it was called Venusian Artist and Inner Confidence, you might have a different perspective on it. I'm not going to sit here and defend this more because people have already made up their minds. When you first hear the terms, you are either interested by it or think it's foolish. Everybody has the right to their own opinion.

VH1's The Pick-Up Artist. Yep, that's the guy.

Sports are getting way to out of hand. It should go back to the old times where players had to work jobs in the winter to support their families. Getting that much money to play a game is ridiculous. Now the game is focused on home runs. That's why ball parks are smaller. I'd love to see baseball played the right way. Manufacturing runs by using fundamentals. Bunts, stolen bases, hit and runs, etc. That's what I love about the game.

I couldn't agree with you more.

Whether or not you think PUA related things are stupid or helpful, might I suggest reading The Game by Neil Strauss. It's the true story of how Neil Strauss, aka Style, finds the PUA community and becomes heavily involved in it. It shows you how PUA techniques can help you and also the harm it can cause depending on how the person uses it. The ending is very fascinating, but I won't say it on here. 1) It'll ruin the ending for people who plan on reading it 2) It might just fuel the fire of those who ridicule PUA's. But I do highly recommend this book to everyone.

And for those who'd like to learn more about PUA methods, there is The Mystery Method by Mystery and The Rules of the Game by Neil Strauss (which comes out this Tuesday, Dec. 18th).

I'd rather the Sox beat teams that have their full starting lineups. And the Mitchell report might take out some good players. However, they deserve it if they were doing 'roids. They know it's illegal so they can pay the price for breaking the rules.

Jeff and Matt Hardy are my favorites. DX is pretty great too. I heard Jeff had a ladder match on the 15th anniversary show and I missed it. Is it true? If so, did he win?

How did Angus Young never get mentioned in this thread yet? Anyway...Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Kyle Gass, Dave Grohl (amazing drummer as well), Geddy Lee (bassist), and Rudolf Schenker are all good too.

That's the best way to look at it.

The plot wasn't as good as I was expecting, but watching 47 kill other hitmen was just awesome, haha.

Seriously, don't worry about it. Meeting the family is never a bad thing. Most of the time you'll find out you get along with them fairly well.

The Bears were such a disappointment this year. I gave up on the season when I saw how bad the defense collapsed in the 4th quarter of the first game.

We, as humans, have prewired emotional circuitry that seeks acceptance from others. Being rejected is a huge blow to our self confidence, which is why so many people have approach anxiety. Inner game is about building self confidence. If you have high self confidence then you become numb to rejection. It just doesn't affect you.

We also have physiological responses when people approach us. If someone is walking towards you in a direct manner, your body tenses up a little. Basically, you go into a protective mode until you know there is no danger. You don't want to make somebody uncomfortable like that. The cold approach is a way to approach a group of people without triggering those responses. If they're comfortable, they won't thinking "What does this person want? When are they going to leave?". You just need to get past what PUA's call the social hook point. Once you are accepted into the group, then there's no problem. Have fun and enjoy your new friends. One of the hardest things to do in life is meeting new people. These techniques just make it easier.

Hey, I went to Shepard, haha. And if by TF you mean Thornton Fractional, my brother went to T.F. North and my dad went to T.F. South, lol.

Well said